Meg Oliver

Megan Elisabeth Oliver (born December 7, 1970, Birmingham, Michigan) is a reporter for ABC News. In March 2006, she became anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, Up to the Minute and remained in that position for three years.

Early career

In 1993 she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Montana. From 1993 to 1995, Oliver worked in Kalispell, Montana as a reporter and anchor for KCFW-TV. From 1995 to 1997, she worked for Northwest Cable News at offices in Seattle, Washington and Boise, Idaho.

From 1997 to 1998, Oliver worked as a reporter in Hartford, Connecticut at WTIC-TV. From 1998 to 2001, she served as reporter and anchor for WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV in Detroit, Michigan. From 2001 to 2004, Oliver served as weekday anchor at KGPE-TV in Fresno, California.

Later career

Starting in May 2005, she worked in Washington, DC, as a freelance reporter for CBS Newspath. In March 2006, Oliver was named anchor of CBS News' Up to the Minute. Oliver resides in New York with her husband and two children.^[1]

During the March 18, 2009 broadcast of Up to the Minute, Oliver announced it would be her last night as the anchor.^[2] She was succeeded by CBS Morning News anchor Michelle Gielan the next day and has since moved to ABC.

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